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With the confidence gained from these breakdowns, I had a water soaked Sony HX50, which was doing "funny things" after being dried out. Disassembled it, identified problem as water corrosion on the ribbon contacts on circuit boards, cleaned up, spot of WD40, reassembled, and it's working fine again. And, not a bit of gaffer tape.

Looks like Canon's traditional architecture you can clearly see in frame 9 a four channel Analog Devices AFE/ADC on the back of the Sensor module. Looks like the PN is AD80246. This doesn't show in their catalogue -- must be a custom PN for Canon.

Excellent guide except just short of the sensor board from the lens assembly. I have been thinking of opening up my G1X for IR conversion for some time now and hope the steps of disassembling are more or less similar. :)

G1xm2 is a 1.5" sensor, which is bigger than M43. Speculation, since it's the only camera with a sensor that size and canon's APS-C is a little small anyway, is that it's an 18mp Canon APS-C sensor. The 1.5" crop on their 18mp sensor (which they sold in many forms at the time of the G1Xm2's launch) is about 4160 x 3120 (13mp) the max resolution of the G1Xm2.

So if they released a new G1X with the same lens and used the NX1's 28mp sensor, the theoretical G1XmIII would be about 19mp, similar to the 1" market, with a lot bigger pixels.

Wow... all that and the lens drive still is not accessible! The most common problem with Canon PowerShots is the "lens error" due to a stripped plastic gear on the lens extend/retract drive... which looks like it would be an utter nightmare to repair for this. You know, repair of a stripped gear shouldn't require replacing the entire lens assembly....

Uhhh ... last time the clutch in my japanese car's automatic transmission failed I was told that they do not fix it individually anymoore and the whole AT assembly ... has to get replaced. It is a sign of new brave times when manufacturers punish people buying their products with "assembly fixes". This makes such products trow away items when they develop even minor issues. I have junked that car! ...

I like to avoid looking at these...still haven't looked...Makes me sad at all the circuitry nowadays,,like little computers...I do prefer the "raw mechanical feel" of the old gear...but...these cams are better in most ways aided by the circuitry I dislike!!

The silver plate we can see in picture #6, looks more like a frame. Having taken apart and repaired some Canon P&S myself, this silver frame, with the one we can see in picture #12, are just what makes a very rudimentary...chassis !

@HowaboutRAW,Are your talking about the piece of silver we can see under the copper foil in picture #6 ?. The silver part is in fact steel. Steel is stronger than copper, and copper is a better conductor than steel. Steel is used for rigidity while copper is used for shielding.

Some of their guides especially macbook one have helped in saving my friend a trip to service centre. Those photos help a lot on knowing where the ribbon cables are and how to avoid them and end up with a dead device.

You learn by undergoing proper training under supervision of those who are experts or have better knowledge than you about the devices you want to tear apart. Many sophisticated electronic devices cannot be put back together without special tools and replacement parts available only from the manufacturer.

In case of modern day digital cameras it might be better to have them serviced at service centre. But in case of other electronics gadgets like tablets, laptops, Aio & cell phones. These ifixit guides are extremely helpful in avoid pitfalls of breaking the gadget for good. For of those devices trip to service centre out of warranty is expensive and spares are overpriced enough to burn a hole in pocket.

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